Xilinx all programmable FPBAs are designed to deliver the power efficiency that makes accelerators practical to deploy throughout the data centre.

IBM will also develop and qualify Xilinx accelerator boards into IBM Power Systems servers.

Meanwhile, Xilinx is developing and will release Power-based versions of its software defined SDAccel Development Environment and libraries for the OpenPower developer community.

Ken King, IBM OpenPower general manager, says the combination of IBM and Xilinx provides clients with a new level of accelerated computing made possible throught the tight integration between IBM processors and Xilinx FPGAs.